The Inside Story.

Ncaa Hockey Champs At Uic

February 02, 1993|By Tim Tierney.

The Illinois-Chicago hockey team (7-15-2, 5-12-2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association) has a tough assignment this weekend. The Flames will face defending NCAA champion Lake Superior State on Friday and Saturday nights at the Pavilion.

Lake Superior (17-6-4, 14-4-4) and Michigan (19-4-3, 15-4-2) trail first-place Miami of Ohio (17-6-3, 15-2-3) by a point. The CCHA playoffs begin March 12. All 12 teams qualify, and the top six have home-ice advantage in the best-of-three first round.

Hitting the road: The women's basketball team (9-7, 3-4) begins a stretch of four straight away games Wednesday against Mid-Continent Conference leader Northern Illinois (12-3, 7-0). Angela Gilbert had 26 points and 23 rebounds Sunday in the Flames' 68-59 loss to Youngstown State.

UIC leads the Mid-Con in free-throw percentage with a 72.9 mark (240 of 329). Freshman Joanne McCarthy leads the league at .850 (68 of 80) from the line.

Senior guard Tasia Georganas has moved into second place among UIC's all-time assist leaders. She has 337 for her career and is averaging 4.5 a game.

School mark: In women's swimming, freshman Joanne Moch set a school record Friday in 1-meter diving with a 245.75 against Valparaiso. Her total also bettered the mark for NCAA zone qualifying. Erin Tuite set a school record of 2:29.56 in the 200-meter breaststroke.

All-around champs: In gymnastics victories Saturday over Western Michigan, sophomore Heather Brockwell won the women's all-around with a 36.8 while junior Barry McDonald was first in the men's all-around with a 54.9.